John B. writes:

On Wed, 27 May 2020 20:53:35 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 5:38:47 PM UTC-5, wrote:

Paydays are excellent when you need some fast calories and don't mind
chewing a bit.

Unlike Jay I still have all of my teeth.


And why do you think Jay doesn't have a full complement of teeth? He
is an attorney. So I am guessing he makes at least the median US
income. So he should be able to afford a dental insurance plan. He
is an independent attorney, not employed by a firm. So he does have
to purchase his own plan. But I assume there are insurance plans
available to attorneys offices. So he is probably able to get
dental insurance through work, sort of, if he cannot purchase a
dental plan as an individual.

A serious question here. Can't the average USian afford dental care
without an insurance plan?

Dental insurance is not a panacea, even fairly good ones pay a small
fraction of major dental expenses. In my experience many USians can't
afford much dental care at all.